Sixteen-year-old Brand Parham will face trial for murder in the Aug. 27 shotgun slaying of his 20-year-old brother, Kenneth Parker.

Parham on Monday waived his right to a probable-cause hearing, and he was ordered bound over for trial on a charge of open murder before Chief Probate Judge Neil G. Mullally.

With an open murder charge, a conviction could range from manslaughter up to first-degree murder.

The Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office earlier opted to "designate" the youth to be tried as an adult in Family Court. If he is convicted, Mullally could then sentence him either as an adult, a juvenile or a juvenile with the option of imposing an adult prison sentence later if he violates probation.

"Designating" a juvenile defendant is the middle course between charging him as a juvenile or automatically waiving his case into adult court.

Parham is being held without bail at the Muskegon County Juvenile Detention Center.

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